(BEIJING, March 8) -- The volunteers for the "Good Luck Beijing" events will be selected among Games-time volunteer applicants and there will be no separate recruitment for the events, the organizers said.

Through the "Good Luck Beijing" events the preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be tested and the working schemes of the volunteer program will be fully assessed. Through the events, the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Work Coordination Group will give venue teams an opportunity to adapt to Games-time conditions and will see if the volunteers, the logistics, command and operation systems can cope with the Games-time needs.

So far the venue teams have already completed the formulation of the guidelines for the volunteers assigned to venue positions. Their selection and training will be launched in the first half of the year.